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BookTV will be LIVE from the 7th annual Tucson Festival of Books at the University of Arizona on March 14 and 15, 2015, starting at 1pm ET on both days. Our schedule of coverage includes: Saturday, March 14: 1:00 PM ET PANEL: RACE &…View Post

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Lani Guinier spoke about her life and career. Ms. Guinier is a professor at Harvard Law School and a former special assistant at the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and former assistant counsel to the NAACP Legal Defense and…

Allan Ryskind, son of Marx Brothers screenwriter Morris Ryskind, talked about his book, Hollywood Traitors: Blacklisted Screenwriters - Agents of Stalin, Allies of Hitler, about the Communist party in Hollywood in the 1930s. He spoke with Tucker Carlson,…

Mr. White talked about President Lincoln and the Civil War, focusing on President Lincoln’s second inaugural address. Following prepared remarks, he responded to questions from the audience. Mr. White is the author of Lincoln’s…

Former Representatives Martin Frost (D-TX) and Tom Davis (R-VA) talked about their book, The Partisan Divide: Congress in Crisis, which examines the causes of legislative gridlock and possible solutions to increase bipartisanship.